Livia Cressman^[1]

1878 - 1967  (89 years)

• Name	Livia Cressman
  Born	15 Mar 1878	Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada   [2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Name	Livia Axt
  Residence	1910	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Residence	1921	28 Pequegnat Ave., Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Residence	1921	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  	Mennonite
  Eby ID Number	00028-2127.3
  Died	30 May 1967	Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Buried	Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I22448	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel E. Cressman,   b. 29 Nov 1847, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Hannah Shantz,   b. 25 Jun 1848, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Mar 1940, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)
  Married	10 Nov 1874	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F4927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jacob Axt,   b. 12 Jan 1879, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 Jun 1960, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)
  Married	16 Feb 1910	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Children	1. Russel Arnold Axt,   b. 1911, Guernsey, Saskatchewan ,   d. 3 Jan 2002, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 91 years)   2. Irene Axt,   b. 28 Jul 1912, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Nov 2002  (Age 90 years)   3. Luella Elona Axt,   b. 1915, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 18 Aug 2002, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   4. Lillian Axt,   b. 1916, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 5 Dec 2003, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)   5. Andrew Ralph Axt,   b. 1 Feb 1918, Guernsey, Alberta ,   d. 6 Feb 1979, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 61 years)   6. Alice Marie Axt,   b. 20 Mar 1922,   d. 2 Dec 2010, St. Jacobs, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F5991	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Axt, Livia, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cressman, was born in Blenheim Twp., Ont., Mar. 15, 1878; died at Fairview Mennonite Home, Preston, Ont., May 30, 1967; aged 89 y. 2 m. 15 d. She was married to Jacob Axt, who died June 25, 1960. Surviving are 6 children (Russel, Andrew, Lillian--Mrs. Stanley Bowman, Luella, Alice--Mrs. Henry Gingerich, and Irene--Mrs. David Cathcart), one sister (Ada--Mrs. Irvin Gimbel), and 4 grandchildren. She was a member of the Shantz Church, where funeral services were held June 2, with Leslie Witmer and Curtis Cressman officiating. Gospel Herald - Volume LX, Number 25 - June 27, 1967--Pages 582-83

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Book - Vol I A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 489. [S147] Census - ON, Oxford, Blenheim - 1901, Blenheim C-9 Page 1. [S8] News - Gospel Herald, June 27, 1967 - Obituary of Livia Cressman. [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 21617 (1910), Axt-Cressman. Jacob Axt, 31, Farmer, Guernsey Saskatchewan, S/O Andrew Axt & Catherine Shantz Married Livia Cressman, 31, New Hamburg, D/O Daniel E. Cressman & Hannah Shantz, Witn: Elam Axt Of Baden & Ada Cressman Of New Hamburg, 16 February 1910 In New Hamburg [S2264] Census - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - 1921, Sub Dist. 27 Page 3. [S10] Book - Vol II A Biographical History of Waterloo Township and other townships of the county : being a history of the early settlers and their descendants, mostly all of Pennsylvania Dutch origin..., 402. [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 26 Nov 1874. 10 Nov 1874 By Pastor Spring in New Hamburg, Daniel Cressman was married to Anna Schantz, both of Wilmot.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Mar 1878 - Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada Residence - 1910 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Married - 16 Feb 1910 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Mennonite - 1921 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 30 May 1967 - Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Saint Peter's Lutheran Cemetery, Linwood, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth